While Browsing Internet, we have some cool option called address autocomplete. We enter some letters in the address bar and the browser auto completes it with the closest guess.
Does MAINFRAME have the same feature?
Yes! It has autocomplete feature.
How to use it?
· Enter KEYS in the command line; KEYS window will popup
· Set any key to AUTOTYPE, save and exit
· Now type any Dataset partially in ISPF 3.4 and press the assigned PFkey
· Data sets will be retrieved
Note: It will not retrieve GDGs and VSAM files.
You can see the screenshots for the above mentioned tutorial
1. Enter Command KEYS in the command line area
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Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help |
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ISPF Primary Option Menu |
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Option ===>KEYS |
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0 Settings Terminal and user parameters User ID . : |
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1 View Display source data or listings Time. . . : |
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2 Edit Create or change source data Terminal. : |
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3 Utilities Perform utility functions Screen. . : |
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4 Foreground Interactive language processing Language. : |
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5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : |
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6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : |
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7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: |
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9 IBM Products IBM program development products System ID : |
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10 SCLM SW Configuration Library Manager MVS acct. : |
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11 Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace Release . : |
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12 Vendor/User Wellpoint’s Vendor and User panels |
2. It will throw the popup of the keys value definition page, for the reference I have taken PF4 key as autotype for the KEYS assignment page for ISPF main screen, so whenever I press PF4 in the ISPF screen it will retrieve the relevant Dataset details for the keyword I enter in the command line
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Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help |
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.——————————Keylist Utility ——————————. |
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| File | |
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| PRIVATE ISR Keylist ISRSAB Change Row 1 to 10 of 24 | |
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| Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE | |
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| Make changes and then select File action bar. | |
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| Keylist Help Panel Name . . . ISRSABH | |
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| Key Definition Format Label | |
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| F1 . . . HELP SHORT Help | |
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| F2 . . . SPLIT LONG Split | |
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| F3 . . . EXIT SHORT Exit | |
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| F4 . . . AUTOTYPE | |
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| F5 . . . | |
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| F6 . . . | |
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| F7 . . . BACKWARD LONG Backward | |
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| F8 . . . FORWARD LONG Forward | |
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| F9 . . . SWAP LONG Swap | |
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| F10 . . ACTIONS SHORT Actions | |
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| F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward | |
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| F9=Swap F10=Actions F12=Cancel | |
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3. In Option 3.4 give the PDS name high level qualifier alone like below and press PF4
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Menu RefListRefMode Utilities Help |
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Data Set List Utility |
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Option ===> |
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blank Display data set list P Print data set list |
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V Display VTOC information PV Print VTOC information |
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Enter one or both of the parameters below: |
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Dsname Level . . . XXXX.YYYY |
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Volume serial . . |
4. After pressing PF4 we will get the autotype command will get works as below
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Menu RefListRefMode Utilities Help |
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Data Set List Utility Retrieved |
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Option ===> |
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blank Display data set list P Print data set list |
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V Display VTOC information PV Print VTOC information |
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Enter one or both of the parameters below: |
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Dsname Level . . . XXXX.YYYY.DUMMY.AUTOTYPE |
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Volume serial . . |
5. The autotyped things are retrieved as highlighted.
I hope these KEYStips will make use of our work more productive.
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